Khulbe, Sinha appointed Advisers to PM Modi
New Delhi: Retired IAS officers of 1983-batch Bhaskar Khulbe and Amarjeet Sinha have been appointed as Advisers to PM Modi. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointments in the PMO in the rank and scale of Secretary, a government order said. Khulbe was from the West Bengal cadre and Sinha was from the Bihar cadre.
GoM discusses changes in Juvenile Justice Act
New Delhi: A Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, held a meeting on Friday and is believed to have discussed about the proposed amendments in the Juvenile Justice Act. Those who attended the GoM meet were -Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
Cong finalises office bearers of AP Unit
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday finalised office bearers for its Andhra Pradesh unit by appointing 11 vice presidents and 18 general secretaries, and made former CM Oommen Chandy the party's State coordination committee head.
Cong slams BJP over Bhagwat's remarks
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday attacked the BJP and the Sangh Pariwar over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks, saying if they would have understood Mahatma Gandhi's nationalism then the need for distancing themselves from nationalism would not have arisen.